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A French ormolu-mounted kingwood and marquetry serpentine bureau plat, with cartonnier, attributable to Zwiener of Paris, the cartonnier of bombe outline with ormolu surmount of cherubs and clock with enamelled dial above six drawers with tooled leather fronts, the sides with trailing floral marquetry, the back similary inlaid, the bureau of sinous outline with secret locking mechanism concealed in the central mount, with leather-lined top fitted with two frieze drawers, one end with pierced rocaille mount, one with mount of flaming urn, on cabriole legs with female espagnolette clasps flanked by floral garlands with trailing foliate mounts on gilt paw feet, several mounts stamped Z.M. some numbered, one mount stamped Z.J. - 57in. (145cm.) wide, 31in. (79cm) deep, 64in. (163cm.) high.
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Cf. An almost identical bureau plat with cartonnier stamped Boudet, 43, boulevard des Capucines sold at Sotheby's New York, 29th/30th October 1982, and another not stamped sold by Christie's New York, 1988. The mounts of this bureau and cartonnier bear the brand of Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, who opened his workshops in the rue de la Roquette, Paris, in the late 19th century and won a gold medal at the 1889 Exhibition. The nymph-headed and acanthus-scroll mounts with bacchic lion-feet appear on a bed bearing the 'Zwiener, Jansen' brand illustated C. Payne, 19th century European Furniture, Woodbridge, 1981, p.45.
Boudet was a retailer rather than a cabinet maker and thus it is possible that the example sold at Sotheby's, New York, may also have been from Zwiener's workshop.
Boudet was a retailer rather than a cabinet maker and thus it is possible that the example sold at Sotheby's, New York, may also have been from Zwiener's workshop.